No official reason was given for it, but then Moscow rarely gives reasons for imposing sanctions on other states.
But at the same time, Mr. Obama made it clear that he believes that more time should be given for the sanctions and negotiations to work, that the only way to permanently prevent Iran from going nuclear is to have Iran decide to give up its program, and that this was not the time for an Israeli pre-emptive strike.
Iran will see US and EU nuclear-related sanctions suspended, though no clear timetable has been given for exactly how this will proceed.
The sanction for construction was given in 1949 and the contract awarded to A.E. Farr & Co., who employed approximately 300 people on the site.
Marquez escaped a sanction after the Jerez incident but was given two penalty points for not observing yellow flags in a practice crash at Silverstone.
When it and Romania joined in 2007, the European Commission was given a "mechanism for co-operation and verification" that lets it monitor reforms and impose sanctions.
On his watch, a young socialist tried to kill the Crown Prince (later Emperor Hirohito), an event for which Shoriki was given the harshest sanction: "disciplinary dismissal".
"One minute we had to sanction and the next minute we were told absolutely not to sanction," says Shaw. "I think this was in response to [hostile coverage to sanctions in] the press… so the advice was given that we weren't sanctioning them but we weren't to let them know we weren't sanctioning them… so they would come for appointments".
Intended for "low-level offending", cautions are issued at the discretion of police and enable a sanction to be given without going before the courts.
The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Martin Dempsey, has publicly suggested that a lone Israeli attack would probably not destroy Iran's nuclear programme and has called for sanctions to be given a chance to succeed.The Romney camp promises still tougher sanctions, if need be without UN Security Council backing.
